swiggidytag:blog.flopturnriver.com,2007-03-06:/archives/44Copyright (c) http://blog.flopturnriver.com2007-03-06T21:35:16+00:00<![CDATA[Worst. Tittle. Ever.]]>2007-03-06T21:35:15+00:002007-03-06T21:35:16+00:00tag:blog.flopturnriver.com,2007-03-06:/archives/44/983
. I would post thoughts, but then I would loose whatever minuscule edge that I imagine myself possessing. Finishing the season strong would make me very happy, given I have like no poker confidence anymore.
I've 9 tabled PS 25NL 6max twice in the last couple weeks. Played 1k hands in each session (which is a kinda cool feeling). The first time I dropped 4 buy-ins, but there was some standard variance crap. I pushed some of my good hands too hard and called a little too much, but take the big variance hands out and I approx break-even. I tried a second time and finished up 1 buy-in . I still don't feel I played that well, but I'm happy with 5BB/100.
So what is this teaching me?
1) to tighten up. I loosened up in Jan, with marginal effect, then I started to drop $$ and it made me sad
2) ??? I'm a POS and need to review my histories to see where I was spewing money. My theory is that since I'm playing on a robotic level my natural tendencies will become very prominent. I should be able to find leaks and fix
I played some 50NL today cuz I got off work early. I was definitely playing tighter than my standard the past couple months. I had better results over a stupid small sample, with few, tough decisions.
My biggest beef with the games right now is that tables are so liquid. If I find a good table it's usually broken up within 1/2 hour cuz the table fish goes busto. Constantly having to find new tables is annoying and minimizes my desire to play hands.
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swiggidyhttp://blog.flopturnriver.com/profile.php?id=45<![CDATA[mmmhmmm]]>2007-02-25T01:30:14+00:002007-03-06T21:35:16+00:00tag:blog.flopturnriver.com,2007-03-06:/archives/44/971
Switching Sites:
So I realized I had money on a sportsbook still. It was $50 more than I expected so I was excited, until I tried to withdraw and realized it was a bonus. So I thought about trying to clear it by betting on bball, then remembered they have a poker room. I love playing poker with sportsbettors. I won 2 buy-ins at 20NL in 1 hour (2 tabling), then 1 buy-in at 50NL in an hour (1 tabling). This put me in a good mood.
8-tabling:
I am no longer successful at 50NL. I dropped a buy-in today over 300 hands. So I went to 25NL with a new plan. Work on 8-tabling. I opened up the best 8 tables I saw and went to town. I lost 4 buy-ins over 900 hands (hour and a half).
3 buy-ins:
QQ vs AA: he was a donkey, but smooth called my 3bet pre-flop and slowplayed on a rag flop
set under set
TPTK+flush draw vs turned gut-shot straight
I know I missed value and paid off too much. I also cbet too much. I also had almost nothing paid off, QQ AA AK AQ were big loosers.
I'm going to go over the hands/stats (tomorrow and see what's up.
I think this will help:
1) with 3-4 tabling because things will be more automatic, and hopefully it will slow the game down
2) I'll know what it's like to be a multi-tabler so I can relate to what they're thinking
3) make money and rebuild confidence ?? ??
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swiggidyhttp://blog.flopturnriver.com/profile.php?id=45<![CDATA[Long time coming]]>2007-02-03T15:58:27+00:002007-03-06T21:35:16+00:00tag:blog.flopturnriver.com,2007-03-06:/archives/44/940
Poker in December:
I started with this grand plan. I was going to make enough playing poker that I don't have to get a part-time job before I get a real job. Part of this plan was to move to 100NL. So what happens, I run really well at 50NL, 9.8BB/100
So I take a shot at 100NL and run/do bad, -8.9BB/100
For an overall profit of +$600, not bad, but I didn't play at all for the last 2 weeks because of Christmas. Has I played and made another $600 (reasonable I think) I would be in a lot better shape today. I stopped updating because I stopped playing.
Poker in January:
So now it's the beginning of January, ready to get back into this poker thing. Except I'm not running well, part of the not running well is getting zero action on my good hands. I try loosening up, but it doesn't help. I find it's hard to motivate myself ..]]>
swiggidyhttp://blog.flopturnriver.com/profile.php?id=45<![CDATA[:D]]>2006-12-20T00:46:58+00:002007-03-06T21:35:16+00:00tag:blog.flopturnriver.com,2007-03-06:/archives/44/906
So I made back 1/2 of what I lost at 100NL...
EDIT: make that 5 buy-ins, I stacked a guy on my next to last hand for the night Comments Here]]>
swiggidyhttp://blog.flopturnriver.com/profile.php?id=45<![CDATA[:(]]>2006-12-19T01:39:57+00:002007-03-06T21:35:16+00:00tag:blog.flopturnriver.com,2007-03-06:/archives/44/905
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swiggidyhttp://blog.flopturnriver.com/profile.php?id=45<![CDATA[Another week down]]>2006-12-18T02:23:49+00:002007-03-06T21:35:16+00:00tag:blog.flopturnriver.com,2007-03-06:/archives/44/903
. 50NL I was up $100 after 40 hands, then basically broke even over the next 2k, meh. The 100NL was over the weekend and I would be up good but I got bad-beated right at the end, also $100. I'm disappointed because people were tossing chips all over the place at 100NL over the weekend. I either:
a) needed to make more time to play (true)
b) needed better cards (true, should happen wit ..]]>
swiggidyhttp://blog.flopturnriver.com/profile.php?id=45<![CDATA[Bah]]>2006-12-12T22:12:04+00:002007-03-06T21:35:16+00:00tag:blog.flopturnriver.com,2007-03-06:/archives/44/897
PS BR: $1268
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swiggidyhttp://blog.flopturnriver.com/profile.php?id=45<![CDATA[Running good, not playing enough]]>2006-12-11T00:34:40+00:002007-03-06T21:35:16+00:00tag:blog.flopturnriver.com,2007-03-06:/archives/44/893
Last day of exams, I went out with my buddies who are still in school. And to watch some football game involving some not very good team.
Dec 8th, 740 hands, +$37, still 5BB/100 (my goal)
Dec 9th, 1.3k hands, +$10, I went down a buy-in, up a buy-in, down a buy-in, up a buy-in, even, I probably pissed away about a buy-in, I'm not ready for 4 tables of 6max (which is going to make it pretty hard to actually get 2k a day, I think 1.8k max)
Dec 10th, 650 hands, +136 again
QQ > AA pf against $20 shorty, rest was small stack pwnage and a fullstack AA > KK
I also won $50 after mid-night, but that'll have to count for next week
So, recap Dec 4th-Dec 10th, 5k hands, +$534 @ 10BB/100. Yah for results, but ewww on the # of hands.
PS BR: $986
I'm ready to take a serious shot at 100NL tomorrow (My goal was $1k in PS but, eh close enough). I'll probably play fairly tight at first, cuz I will have to get used to the bigger swings. I'll set my drop down point at $800, but I suspect I'll move back down at $900. I'm a BR nit, but a bit of a heater could expedite my progress.
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swiggidyhttp://blog.flopturnriver.com/profile.php?id=45<![CDATA[Switching Sites]]>2006-12-06T21:35:08+00:002007-03-06T21:35:16+00:00tag:blog.flopturnriver.com,2007-03-06:/archives/44/891
PokerStars - 7k hands
That's -4BB/100 vs +5BB/100.
All my thin value bets were getting folds, or were beat by a better hand (turned 2 pair, etc). All my good hands were getting folds, and all my thin calls were wrong. I really feel the players are better at FullTilt. I played a kinda nitty break even 1k hands at PokerStars today. I'm getting my feet back under me.
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swiggidyhttp://blog.flopturnriver.com/profile.php?id=45<![CDATA[LC]]>2006-12-04T01:17:52+00:002007-03-06T21:35:16+00:00tag:blog.flopturnriver.com,2007-03-06:/archives/44/884Comments Here]]>
swiggidyhttp://blog.flopturnriver.com/profile.php?id=45
. I still don't feel I played that well, but I'm happy with 5BB/100.
So what is this teaching me?
1) to tighten up. I loosened up in Jan, with marginal effect, then I started to drop $$ and it made me sad
2) ??? I'm a POS and need to review my histories to see where I was spewing money. My theory is that since I'm playing on a robotic level my natural tendencies will become very prominent. I should be able to find leaks and fix
I played some 50NL today cuz I got off work early. I was definitely playing tighter than my standard the past couple months. I had better results over a stupid small sample, with few, tough decisions.
My biggest beef with the games right now is that tables are so liquid. If I find a good table it's usually broken up within 1/2 hour cuz the table fish goes busto. Constantly having to find new tables is annoying and minimizes my desire to play hands.
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and see what's up.
I think this will help:
1) with 3-4 tabling because things will be more automatic, and hopefully it will slow the game down
2) I'll know what it's like to be a multi-tabler so I can relate to what they're thinking
3) make money and rebuild confidence ?? 
??
So I take a shot at 100NL and run/do bad, -8.9BB/100
For an overall profit of +$600, not bad, but I didn't play at all for the last 2 weeks because of Christmas. Has I played and made another $600 (reasonable I think) I would be in a lot better shape today. I stopped updating because I stopped playing.
Poker in January:
So now it's the beginning of January, ready to get back into this poker thing. Except I'm not running well, part of the not running well is getting zero action on my good hands. I try loosening up, but it doesn't help. I find it's hard to motivate myself ..]]>
That's -4BB/100 vs +5BB/100.
All my thin value bets were getting folds, or were beat by a better hand (turned 2 pair, etc). All my good hands were getting folds, and all my thin calls were wrong. I really feel the players are better at FullTilt. I played a kinda nitty break even 1k hands at PokerStars today. I'm getting my feet back under me.